Art Deco Keystone Arch Bookends Pair, Architectural Decor

A pair of architectural bookends shaped like a doorway: a round-headed arch of block voussoirs with a large central keystone, framed by two flat pilasters and topped by a projecting cornice. A recessed panel with a small square boss fills the arch. Each bookend stands on a flat base plate. Keystone arches and simple pilasters are classical elements that Art Deco and stripped-classical architects of the 1920s and 1930s used in a pared-back, geometric way on banks, stations and public buildings.…

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